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overmanipulate

overmanipulate verb: to manipulate too much.

Verb

overmanipulate (third-person singular simple present overmanipulates, present participle overmanipulating, simple past and past participle overmanipulated)

  1. (transitive) To manipulate too much.
    • Cooking philosophy: Buy the best you can find or afford and don’t overmanipulate it.2009 May 3, “Craft House”, in New York Times

Forms of overmanipulate

third-person singular presentovermanipulates
present participleovermanipulating
past participleovermanipulated
pastovermanipulated

Origin of overmanipulate

From over- + manipulate.

Questions about overmanipulate

What does overmanipulate mean?
Overmanipulate means to manipulate too much.
What part of speech is overmanipulate?
Overmanipulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmanipulate?
The past tense of overmanipulate is overmanipulated.

Words near overmanipulate in the dictionary

  1. overmanage
  2. overmanaged
  3. overmanagement
  4. overmanages
  5. overmanaging
  6. overmanipulate
  7. overmanipulated
  8. overmanipulates
  9. overmanipulating
  10. overmanned
  11. overmannered

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